1963 LeMans Tempest sells for $226,521

Okay, you come across this garage find after the owner has passed away, a 1963 Pontiac Le Mans Tempest. The car has no engine or transmission, several dents in the fenders and surface rust over 90% of the body. What do you do? Put it on eBay starting at $500 and hope for the best.

Then let’s say a few days into the auction you get offered $160,000 to take it off eBay, but you don’t. Do you start to regret your decision when in the last seven minutes before the listing ends the auction has only reached $95,000? Well maybe, until a bidding frenzy starts which brings the final price to $226,521.

That’s what happened to eBay seller 3dogsatlarge when he posted a 1963 Pontiac Le Mans Tempest in an obvious dilapidated state. What 3dogsatlarge didn’t know was that the bidders thought the car is one of only six 1963 Pontiac LeMans Tempest Super Duty coupes ever made and was the fastest drag car in 1963 before disappearing.

Color us confused, but even if the car does have this historic provenance, why on earth would anyone pay that kind of money for it - in that condition Take a look at this eBay listing and maybe you can see something we’re missing. 1963 LeMans Tempest sells for $226,521.